In the context of the article, the sentence preceding the one quoted above is "Until recently, most phones were made with LCD screens", which I imagine is why i

In the context of the article, the sentence preceding the one quoted above is "Until recently, most phones were made with LCD screens", which I imagine is why it stuck out. I'm sure there will be disagreement about whether that's sufficient grounds to find it amusing, but at least personally it feels like "recently" is ambiguous enough to be impossible for people to disagree on how accurate it is. Personally, the fact that eight years is around half the time that smart phones have even existed that while saying "most phones didn't have it until recently" might be correct, it certainly feels like it's missing some important context.